Soldiers, Civilians Killed As Pakistan, India Engage In Cross-Border Firing Along LoC

ISLAMABAD/SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct 21 (NNN-APP) – A Pakistani soldier and three civilians were killed, as Pakistani and Indian armies exchanged fire, along the Line of Control (LoC), in the disputed Kashmir region, director general of Pakistani military’s media wing said. Two Pakistani soldiers and five civilians were also injured…

Iran Says U.S. Fails To Halt Iran’s Oil Industry Development

TEHRAN, Oct 21 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Petroleum Minister, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, said, the United States has failed to exert pressure on Iran, through sanctions against the country’s oil industry. “A lot of efforts were made to halt the development of Iran’s oil industry, through sanctions,” Zanganeh said. However, the number…

Turkish Army Captures Key Kurdish City In Syria’s Hasakah

DAMASCUS, Oct 21 (NNN-SANA) – Turkish forces and allied Syrian rebels, captured the city of Ras al-Ayn, in the countryside of Hasakah Province, in northeastern Syria, on Sunday. The city is the latest Kurdish-held area that has been captured by the Turkish forces, since the beginning of the Turkish assault…

Lebanon’s Protests Continue Awaiting PM’s Economic Plan

BEIRUT, Oct 21 (NNN-NNA) – Nationwide demonstrations continued for the fourth day in Lebanon, amid demands by protesters to change the government. Protesters blocked roads and burned tires, while various official departments and public institutions, in addition to the Association of Lebanese banks, declared Monday (today), as a strike day,…

Saudi Embassy Evacuates 132 Saudi Citizens From Lebanon

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct 21 (NNN-NNA) – The Saudi Embassy in Lebanon, announced on Sunday, that, it has evacuated 132 Saudi citizens from Lebanon, to date. The embassy had advised its citizens to leave Lebanon, following the demonstrations that started in the country on Oct 17. Over one million Lebanese people…

UN Mission In Yemen’s Hodeidah Builds Control Points To Monitor Cease-Fire

SANAA, Oct 21 (NNN-SABA) – A UN cease-fire monitoring mission, in Yemen’s Hodeidah, to establish control points, to monitor a truce between Yemeni warring parties, a security source in the city, said. The temporary control points would be set up on four front lines in the east and south of…

Iran’s Nuclear Industry “Indigenised”: Iranian Official

TEHRAN, Oct 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s nuclear industry has been entirely indigenised, a senior official at the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), said. “One hundred percent of Iran’s nuclear industry activities has been indigenised and, today, we are self-sufficient in designing and manufacturing various kinds of centrifuges,” Ali Asghar…

Jordanian, Norwegian PMs Hold Talks To Enhance Bilateral Ties, Cooperation

AMMAN, Oct 21 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian and Norwegian prime ministers, on Sunday, held talks, to enhance bilateral relations and strengthen cooperation. During the talks, in the capital Amman, between Jordanian Prime Minister, Omar Razzaz, and his Norwegian counterpart, Erna Solberg, the two sides looked into methods to boost economic cooperation…

Bangladesh Launches Digital One-Stop Services

DHAKA, Oct 21 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, inaugurated here, three digital one-stop services – “Eksheba”, “Ekpay” and “Ekshop” – to enable the people to get different government services, utility bills and fees payment facilities and e-commerce. According to a report, citizens will be…

Car Drives Into Crowded Terrace In Eastern Netherlands, Several Wounded

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A car drove into a terrace full of people, in the centre of Deventer, the Netherlands, on Sunday, leaving five people injured. The incident in the city, in the eastern Dutch province of Overijssel, happened at 5:30 a.m. local time (0330 GMT). Of…